Book cover for Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay

Love First

A Family's Guide to Intervention

2021 Released
340 Pages
6-7 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
Hazelden PublishingISBN 9781616499105

This revised and expanded third edition of the gold-standard for intervention provides clear steps for harnessing the power of family, friends, and professionals to create a better future with loved ones suffering from addiction. 

Over the course of the last twenty years, Love First has become the go-to intervention guide for tens of thousands of families. This trailblazing book empowers and equips families and friends to use the power of love and honesty to give their addicted loved ones a chance to reach for help. Updated with the latest addiction science as well as insights gained from decades of front-line experience in family interventions, this revised and expanded edition contains practical tools for taking  the next step together: transforming the intervention team into an ongoing community of loving support, lasting accountability, and lifelong recovery.

Jeff Jay

Jeff Jay, a nationally known lecturer and interventionist, is coauthor of At Wit's End: What You Need to Know When a Loved One Is Diagnosed with Addiction and Mental Illness. He has been seen on CNN, The Jane Pauley Show, and PBS, and his work has been featured in Parade magazine, USA Today, the Washington Post, and forbes.com. A certified addiction professional, Jeff is a former clinician for the Hazelden Foundation and former director of program development for Brighton Hospital. His personal recovery from alcohol and drug addiction dates from October 4, 1981.

Debra Jay

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